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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
A New York Street Incident.
Ne,o York Commercial Advertiser.

A reporter called to little boot
black near the city hall to give him a
shine yesterday. The little fellow
came rather slowly for one of that live
ly guild, and planted his box down
under the reporters foot. Before he
could get his brushes out another larg-
er boy ran up and calmly pushing the
little one aside said, ."Here, you 60 sit
down, Jimmy" The reporter at once
became indignant at what he took to
be piece of outrageous bullying, and
sharply told the newcomer to clear
out. "Oh, dat's all right. boss" was
the reply, "Tm only gOin' to do it fur
pital for MORN month, and can't do
much work, yet, so us boys all turn in
and give him a lift when we can, sa-
Wy" sis that so, Jimmy 7" asked the
reporter, turning to the younger boy.
eyes, sir" YEARLY replied the boy,
and as he looked up the pallid, pinch
ed face could be discerned even through
the CRIME that covered it. ale does
it fur ME, if you'll let him." "Cer-
tainly, go ahead" and as the bootblack
piled the brush, the reporter piled him
with questions. "You say all the
boys help him in this way 2" eyes,
sir. When they amt got no job them
selves, and Jimmy gets one they turns
in and helps him, cause he amt very
strong yet, We see." "What percent
age do you charge him on a job 7"
"Heyw queried the youngster. 81
don't know what you mean 2" 81 mean
what part of the money do you give
and how much do you Keep
out of it 2" "You bet yer life l don't
keep none; l amt no such sneak as
that" $50 you give it all to him, do
you n eyes, do. All the boys give
up what they gets on his job. I'd like
to catch any Teller sneaking it OH a
sick boy, would" The shine being
the reporter handed the
urchin a quarter, saying, 81 guess
you're a pretty good fellow, so you
keep 10 cents and give the rest to jim
my there" "Can't do it, sir it's his
customer. Here jim" He threw him
the coin and was off like shot after a
customer for himself, a veritable rough
In this big city there are
good many such lads, with warm and
generous hearts under their ragged
coats.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Mr.. Moody in the South.

In connection with Mr.. Moody's pro-
posed trip in the South, "a cOrrespOn-
dent of the Springfield Union has had
talk with the evangelist about his
previous work in that section and the
criticisms which have been made up
on his supposed recognition of the
"cOlor line" Mr.. Moody gives this
explanation of the matter:
"Now about this Southern question.
1t has been enlarged upon ever since l
was down there two years ago. Che
trouble was not so much with the
white people as with the negroes.
preached just as often to the colored
people as | did to the whites. 1t has
always been the custom foI the white
people to worship in one church and
the cOlOred people in another. In our
services we made no distinction, but
the cOlOred people insisted that L
should refuse to preach unless the
white people would throw aside their
lifelong prejudices and allow them
perfect equality as to seats and posi-
tiOns in church services. Our COIN
mittees offered to divide the churches,
allowing the colored people one side
and the whites the other half, but that
would not do. They were bound to
sit in the same seats with the whites
or not at all. As L only stopped two
or three days in a town l could not
stop and enter this fight of the races
that has been going on for a century.
i went to preach the gospel as an evan
gelist, not as a refOrmer.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
SQUIBS.

A Western paper announces tina
Dinah MulOck Craik, the wife of Johr
Halifax, is dead.
A New York anarchist was found
dead in Il bath-t b the other day. No
body knows how he got there, but the
horror of the situation was evidently
too much for him. Burlington Free
Press.
Wong Chin Foo is heather because
he thinks Christians are SO bad. But
it is not the Christians who are bad il
is the people who say they are Chris
tians and yet remain To-
rOnto Mail.
"WOmen cannot be satirical," says a
writer, "any more than they can be
humorous" So. How is it when a
man after counting ID girl for seven
years proposes, she says: "Oh George
this is SO STANDARDIZATION Courier.
''I'm thinking OF building me a
house," said Jones to Smith. "GoOd
idea," said Smith chow much money
have you 2" "AbOut $1,000" "Three
thousand dollars; we'll, that will build
very neat $4,000 house, with econo-
my"
RObbie-Mamma, doesn't it make
your hands warm to spank me Mann
ma-Why, yes, Robbie, it does. Rob
bie-WOuldn't it do just as well, then,
mamma, for you to go and hold 'em
over the register III Burlington Free
Press.
ayes, Robert, my son, bear in mind
what your mother told you, and al
ways say 'plcaSc.' It's little word,
my boy, but lull of meaning, and the
use of it marks the gentleman. Now,
wife, my OvercOat and hat, and be
quick about it,"
A Boonville (Ky.) school teacher had
a great deal of trouble making boy
understand his lesson. Finally, how
ever, he succeeded, and, drawing a
long breath, remarked "If it wasn't
for me, you would be the biggest dom
key in BoOnville."
"Here's part of my column" said the
desk. "I'll bring in the rest this even
ing" "That's what our readers need"
said the managing editor, casually.
And then the funny man began to
think-sOmetling that he had seldom
done Notwithstanding Journal.
Fashionable young woman Ito dry
goods clerk)-I should like to look at
some lace, please. Dry goods clerk
Why, Clara, how do you dol l haven't
seen you since we parted in the Adj
rOndacks. Fashionable young woman
Sir! Dry goods clerk-What kind
of lace would you be pleased to look
atf-[T lid Bits.
Washington Irving, in his early |
youth, had a longing to go to sea aud
be IA pirate. He determined to make
the attempt, but wisely decided to pre-
pare himself for it by preliminary ex-
periences. He began 10y eating salt
pork. That made him sick. He then
slept for night or so on hard DO rds.
That made him sore. 1t was enough.
he had no desire to go away. Other
boys who want to capture men -of-war
Or who desire to go West and scalp In
iians, would ito well to initiate young
lrving's example, Baltimore Amer
I'm.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Burdette on Fatted Calves.

No, my son, it isn't that the world
has grown hard-hearted it isn't that
we are not just as glad today to see
the prodigal come back, and just as
lovingly anxious to welcome him home
as ever was anybody in the fifteenth
chapter of Luke. 1t is the manner in
which the prodigal son of 1887 fire.
quently returns that throws the wet
blanket over the festivities of the vel :.
come. When he comes down the road
with his hat hanging on his ear and
his hands in his pockets when he
kicks his faithful old house dog as he
lounges in at the gate when he calls
his father "Guv'nor" and the hired
man "Cull; ;" when he wants to know
"What's for dinner2" before he has
been in the house fifteen minutes !;
when he gives his elder brother two
fingers to shake and advises him to
comb the hayseed out of his hair !;
when he throws himself into the east
est chair in the house, perches his feet
on the window sill, and announces that
he'll "take a tub" before dinner when
he comes back with a generally for
giving air of gOOd-fellOwship abOut
him, and tries to make all the rest of
the family very easy and assured
then it is, my son, that your father
longs to run and meet you while you
are yet great way off, and fall npon
your neck with pillow line, and welt
you into a state of becoming humility
and penitence by the time you are able
to take off your hat to the bound boy,
and crawl up the front steps to ask
your brother to shake hands with you.
Good people are just as glad today as
ever they were, my son, to see the
prOdigal come home, but it does rattle
them little to see him come in hack
and ask them to pay the driver and
send for his baggage.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

lean. There is no sham, no tinsel,
nothing false, nothing inflated. Each
is a fit example of the real American
type" The Brooklyn Eagle copied
this, and added: "The same thought
also found expression in the answer
given by a prominent republican of
Kingston in this state, who, upon be-
ing asked the ground of his declared
intention to vote for Mr.. Cleveland in
1888 if he got a chance, said: 'He is
the most typical American we have
had in the White House since old
Abe" The best sign for the future of
the nation is the assurance that pinch
beck Americanism has had it's day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Her Broken Arms.

There was a fire some time ago in
the San Francisco Art Association
rooms. 1t was not much of a fire, but
some damage was done to the numer-
GUS art treasures. The insurance adj
juster arrived upon the scene, and pro
ceeded to adjust the damages.
81 don't see that there is much dam =
age done here"
"Not much damage! Look at the
wreck, man."
"Well, how much do you say-$500P
give hundred dollars I" That's
nothing"
give hundred dollars is good
deal ~
Give hundred dollars Why, just
look at that statue"
"Well, dOn't-."
"What ! The Venus of Milo! Look
at it ! One of the greatest of all works
of sculpture. just look at it! The
arms all broken off-yOu can't replace
that statue, sir, fOr-nO, not for ST. 500
"Great Scott! Say, will you take
81 100 and call it square ~
"Well, it doesn't pay the damage to
that one statue, but let it go at that"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
American Highwaymen.
Omaha World.

Distinguished Foreigner eyes,
have travelled a great deal in this
country and L cannot help wondering
why your government does not catch
these train robbers and lock them up
American-"Have you met train rob
bers 2"
''Plenty of them; they're every
where, it seems to me, but L must say
they are very polite for highwaymen."
"Polite 2"
every and l notice, too, that they
are all cOlOred men,"
''Oh, those are not train robbers,
those are porters."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Children's Questions.

"Papa," commenced little Mary,
"dOes the sausage come out of his hole
on Candlemas day and look around for
its shadow, SO as to make an early
spring3 Ma says it does"
"Why, darling, what are you talk
ing about 7" asked, looking up from
my writing. "Tt's the ground hog that
comes out of it's hole. not the sausage"
"Well, papa" said Mary opening
her wonderful blue eyes, ''isn't sau-
sage ground hog 2"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
PRIOR g. BACLEY,
B00I AND SN0E Emporium,
Sc and So Railroad Street,
ST. JoHNsBURY, VT.
Justice RIemOranda's.

For convenience of Justices of the Peace we have
printed the memoranda in blank, which they have
to make on criminal complaints, for sale at 80
cents per hundred, at the
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08
GENERAL EIARKETs.
Produce ard Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, MO. March 7.-Flour-Narket
dull, easy, II unchanged. Wheat active, weak,
lower; market opened easy, declia rapidly
2024c, strengthened late in the session and
rec verad &c, ma closed lal1a" lower than
Saturday. No. 2red cash s04G504c May
81 4Gsl &C, closing at S22sc bid; June size
Corn active, unsettled, lower, closing Gallo
under Saturday; No 2miXed, cash, 35ls a
SIC; April 36c; May 36G3Tc, closing at 36 c.;
June 81 4 d377sc; closing at 374c. Oa's dull: 'sc
lower; No. mixed, cash, 2Si &C; March and April
IS; bid; May Is z. G29]5G. 81 sing at 30 &C. Corn
meal firm al s. 90. Whisky steady at 81 IL.
Wool steady and unclaimed; mtdium, 2lG26c
coarse braid. l9G2lc; lowsandy l36l9c; fine
az d unsettled, generally easier. Pork SIS %.
Lard 81 25d7 30. Bulk meats, loose lots long
clear auI short ribs S IS; short clear $ %
boxed lois long clear - p short ribs IS 80;
short clear S. 92+l. BacOn-Long clear, S g. 4 a
75 short ribs, IS IS; short clear, So 90.
Hams firn at Sll 50G IA 90. Afternoon boar =
Wheat strong and &c higher. Com strong and
i4a3sc higher. Oats steady and unchanged.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 7.-Wheat-Prices
moderately firm at the opening this morning,
but heavy selling orders caused break of lac
during the middle of the session. In the
ef eruoon there was frantic effort made by
''shorts" to cover sales, and with very free
purchases by several prominent bull specu-
Iators, the price for May delivery touched o314ci
the highest point since the recent big decline In
prices set in. One of the features of the advance
was that during the greater portion of the ses
sion the difference between May and June was
exactly one cent. But this gradually was
wiped out and May clos in latest trading 3
higher than for June delivery. There was very
great excitement in the pit when the market
began to move up on afternoon board, bidding
being so active and stroog as to convince many
shorts that q powerful clique possiblV had con
troll OF the market and tnat prices had only
commenced 10 move up. First estimates as tc
the visible supply placed the decrease as mgr
as eco bushels, b1t the actual decrease
was found to be $4,000 bushels, which " al
somewhat disappointing TO many OF the traders
Cable advices were favorable TO holders. There
was a fair amount OF trading ia corn, bu
values were weak and lower, and most of thu
pressure was to sell, while the demand wa
light Prices broke off lac from Saturday
sing prices, rallied li.o, closing for tn
daY sc lower than Saturday, Trad
Ing in mess pork was limited I
settling Up May and June contract
at about previous fgures Lard and short rib
opened shade higher out finally closed with
ont marked change from Saturdays quota
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08

sowing early. One farmer told me that
he had been here eight years and he had
not failed a single year to raise an abund-
ance for his own use and some over to
sell.
We have q few farmers and they are
prosperous and happy; but the reason of
it is they work their land thoroughly be-
fore and after planting. There is no
reason why this county should not be as
seasonable as her adjoining sisters,
Brown, San Saba and Mason, whose pop
ulation depend mostly upon the products
of the soil. About three-fourths Of the
lands of McCulloch cOuaty are suscepti-
BILE of cultivation. With such a large
area of ara5le land We see no reason why
our county should not in the near future
be one of the richest counties of the west.
All we need is plenty Of sturdy farmers
with brave hearts and stout muscles TO
develop the resources lavishly bestowed
by nature. During the unparalleled
drouth our people have in measure held
their own, and only in the extreme north
ern and northeastern part of the county
do they really need assistance to
make another crop. While all have suf-
feIed more or less the majority are able
10 Drluge over uHLI4 duotuel ClOp Cau ue
raised.
Aside from our agricultural resources
rich veins of coal equal in quality to any
in the state, have been discovered in this
county. There are three companies, one
$500, 900 strong, operating and sinking
shafts in search of thicker veins. The
general belief is that there is underlying
the surface of our county an uneXhausti-
BILE supply of coal. In the southeastern
part of this county and in Mason and
L!ano counties iron hiss been discovered
in sufficient quantities, it IS said, to sup
ply America. With the Development of
coal with which to smelt the iron ore we
may reasonably expect grand boom at
no very distant day. MARK.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08

Whe si ;, March May Sic 8 June june,
SIC; July. S3ilc. COrn-No. ., March, 354c;
May, 4O's a4Olsc; June, Al &C; July. ~ &C. Mess
Pc K. per barrel March, $50 20; May,
81 90; June, S2l. Lard, per 100 pounds
March, 81 S. May, s. 90; June. 81 Go Cash quo
ta;iOns were as follows: Flour steady and I'm
changed No spring wheat, 77AzG79c; No >
corn, 80 4 as; mess pork, per Uarrel, so 250
90 80; lard, per 100 pou, DIS, s. 40; short rib
sides, loose, S IS; dry sailed shoulders, boxed,
Sc 0Od6 25; short clear sides, boxed s. 65G5 20;
whisky, 81 Is.
INV YORK, March 1.-Flour-Moderately
active, steady and unchanged Whsat-Cash,
&C better, active Tor export; options opened
heavy and sc lower later ruled stronger
and advanced ld14c, closing firm at about
best rates; speculation very brisk. Spot
No. red, 9lA G92l, &C at store and elevator,
May, 81 d94c, closed at 931sc; June, % y a
94' &C, closed at "a &C; July, 931. asa &C, closed
at94t.c. Corn-Spot, lGl1ac lower, fairly &C
tive options opened lal}Sc lower, closed firm
with decline partly recovered; spot No. 2, 49tIc
s. elevator; May, 9i40501sc, closing at 1870;
June, 497s Oic, closing at 1870. Coffee Spot,
fair and firm at Sl4 IS; options stronger and
active; sales, 1896 bags; March, Sl3 COZ
IL 05; April, So 90Gl3 60; May, Sl2 $50
Is %; June and July Sl2 9j0lS / ,; August
Sl3 GOALS 10; September and Octc Der SI3 GOA
10 Is; November SlS O5; December Sl3 05d - 90.
Sugar firm fair to good refining quot at 9l6
al ll-l6; refined steady; extra G. &c; con
fectlOners' \ Q l5G5ssc; mould sec; stand
ard i 5 Ice; cut lOat and crushed g. idG5sC;
powdered Il l6G6i,c; granultted Sac; cubes
SIC. Molasses dull. Rice steady. Pork firm
aud in moderate request; mess SO 25d l. -.
Gut eats firm. Lad opened to points
lower and closed firm. de lined and recovered;
western steam snOt s. 67Il al 20; May 81 1sG
: so; June s. 7sG7 so; July 81 S5G7 30.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, March Flour irregu-
lar, but generally higher; choice So s064 80;
fancy 81 OOG4 Is; extra fancy 81 3Cd4 b; Min
nesOta and winter wheat ratents 81 - as 20.
Corn unsettled; mixed 4SGI9o; white 49d5 SOC.
Oats quiet but stead choice western SIX a 3.c.
| Hay tirmer; prime $l3 O0GI4 80; choice SIS COO
SIG 30. Hog products unsettled. Pork SIS 90.
Lard-Refined tierce s. O0G7 %. Bulk meats
shoulders Sc 57Is long clear and clear ribs
S. 80. Bacon-shOulders, 81 90; long clear and
clear rib, 50 l2is. Hams, SD Oe. Whisky-Quiet;
western re ctihed, 81 lOdl3l. Coffee-Quiet out
steady; Rio. l2i. Gl5isc. Rice-Quiet but firm:
ordinary to prime, 2I04c. Cotton seed pro
ducts, firm; prime crude oil, 30G5lr; summer
! yellow cake and meal, so l0G 20 %. Sugar
Steady with good demand; Open Kettle
strictly prime to choice, : l6a4isc; prime
| 1 C; Centrifugals, choice white, lG; choice
| yellow, clarified, 1865 &C; prime yellow,
clarified, 5-l6G5 &c; seconds, 3iId4'sc.
MOlasses quiet; open kettle, nominal; centri-
fugal strictly prime to fancy, 2sGS3c; fair to
good prime, 20G25c, common TO good common,
! l6G lgC.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08
Live Stock Markets,

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 7-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 500; shipments none: strong, l0c higher;
good to choice 81 2Oa4 so; common to me
dunn So 6064 10; stockers g 6063 25 feeding
steers So 3563 IS; COWS g 25a3 10. Hogs-Re
ceipts 5000; shipments none; firm and l5G2Oc
higher at 81 SOFAS 70 Sheep Receipts 500 !;
shipments none; good to choice s. 25G3 IS /;
common to medium g 25G3 90.
ST LOUIS, Mo. March Cattle receipts $50 !;
market active and higher; choice heavy native
steers, 81 4Od5 90; fair to good shipping steers,
So S0a+ IS; butchers steers, fair to choice, So 80
"A 70; feeders, fair to good, 81 9O63 IS; stock
ers, fsir to good, s. 1898 10, Texans, common
to choice, 81 5OG3 80. Hogs-Receipts 1925; &C
tive and l0ol5c higher; 81 GOAT 60. Sheep
Receipts none; prices nominal, g 70d5OO.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 7.-Cattle-Receipts
1000; shipments 1000; strong; shipping ste ers,
81 SOFAS 10; stockers and feeders g SOFAS 80;
cows. bulls and mixed 81 5063 so; bulk g 10
"a 20; through Texas cattle s. 25G3 80.
Hogs-Receipts 1900; shi ments 5000; gener-
ally steady al s. 50d6 90, Sheep-Receipts 5000
shipments 1000; market shade lower; natives
So O063 10; western s. 0064 20; Texans 81 256
90; lambs 81 00G5 so
NEW YORK, March 7.-Beeves-Receipts,
225O head, making $3.50; firm and higher; com
mon to prime steers 81 40d5 IS; tops S. 50
as 10; bulls and dry cows So OOa4 Is. Sheep
! market firm; common TO extra sheep 81 50d
| 6 COO; common TO extra yearling lambs $ 50a
90. carload common Texas sheep went al
S. 81.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08
PLANO.
The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Only
Ten Days OF.


Ten Days OF.
PLANO, Ten, March &, 1851.
To the iitor OF the Gazette
The right of way agent for the citizens
of Plano accompanying the engineers of
the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Rail
road came in last night. Their camp is
on Brushy creek. Everything is work
ing fac. People along this road are jubi-
lant over the coming of this line. They
will reach Plano in ten days, and thus 20
on to Fort Worth via Grapevine The
outside world has never known much of
this place. Plano is destined to be one
of the best towns in Texas. 1t has q
population of 1900, who are Well to do
and up with the times. The merchants
carry full lines of goods. The pioneer
railroad, the Houston and Texas Central,
furnishes the way out north
and south. A railroad from the
east and west has long been
needed, and our folks are glad to know
that we soon can shake hands with Fort
Worth and st. Louis. Plano handles
GGOO bales Of cotton yearly, 500 to 1000
cars of grain, 100 cars of cotton seed
several hundred cars Of cattle and
lumber and seeds, about 81 900, OOO worth
of merchandise, including machinery
etc, and no one knows how much beer
ice and bust-head. Plano has fine
churches.
Foreign or domestic drafts can be haC
available on all parts Of the globe. The
Guion line OF steamships has opened al
office here for the benefit of those coming
here from the fatherlsnd. The Location
of the depot for the St. Lou Arkansas
and Texas Railroad seems to be q puzzle
to some. The knowing ones seem tc
keep ii a secret. Real estate has ad
vanced 10 per cent. in the last ten days
Several transfers were made yesterday a
fancy prices.
An iron bridge is to be erected ovel
Spring creek soon. Fort Worth con
tractors are asked to make bid for the
work. l. Is.